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Shipping regulations are being strengthened by the Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA) to defend against fraud and enhance safety at sea.
The key health and safety handbook for seafarers has been given a makeover, making it “more accessible and easy to use”.
The Maritime and Coastguard Agency launches 6-week consultation on new merchant shipping regulations.
The Maritime and Coastguard Agency brings The Workboat Code Edition 3 into force.
The Maritime and Coastguard Agency has launched a new app to help seafarers get the information and support they need while working.
Amendments concerning damage stability in cargo ships, load line protocol and prevention of pollution by noxious liquid substances carried in bulk.
First published during the 2022 to 2024 Sunak Conservative government
MCA approval letter
The fishing industry is being reminded that changes to some types of vessels must be signed off for safety reasons because of the serious risk they will become unstable as a result.
The Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA) has announced that there are no plans to alter a requirement for marine equipment going on board UK vessels to be UK approved.
Svitzer Marine Ltd pleaded guilty to failing to operate a vessel safely and failing to provide a safe system of work.
New draft regulations to improve safety measures for high speed craft.
First published during the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government
Seafarers will be better protected as new UK rules come into force to tighten up safety for those who work in enclosed spaces on board vessels.
Consultation launched to consider groundbreaking technologies that will transform how we travel over the next decade.
The Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA) announced today that six foreign flagged ships remained under detention in UK ports during January 2021 after failing port state control (PSC) inspection.
Reinstatement of the Merchant Shipping (Bridge Visibility) (Small Passenger Ships) Regulations 2005 (SI 2005/2286).
A crew member who went overboard from his sailing boat in the early hours of 24 September was rescued thanks in no small part to the lifejacket he was wearing.
A skipper who was rescued after his boat caught on fire has been praised by HM Coastguard for having all the right equipment and doing all the right things.
How the MCA handles data from the vessels coming into UK ports
Members of the boating community are encouraged to ‘have their say’ on the maritime & coastguard agency’s new code of practice for Intended pleasure vessels.
The Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA) announced today that eleven foreign flagged ships were under detention in UK ports during June 2018 after failing Port State Control (PSC) inspection.
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